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By: hyfen.net » Damian Conway on Aikido, Star Trek, and Perl

hyfen.net » Damian Conway on Aikido, Star Trek, and Perl — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:42:46 +0000

[...] Conway is one of the best presenters in the business. His past talks have been described as “engaging”, “mind-blowing”, and “brain bending”. Joey DeVilla adds to the hype : There’s nothing [...]

By: Shahan

Shahan — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:45:57 +0000

came across this link while browsing http://www.bloglines.com/blog/JosephHart/
which relates to the content of this post:
http://scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&articleID=00010347-101C-14C1-8F9E83414B7F4945&pageNumber=1&catID=2

By: Sacha Chua

Sacha Chua — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 03:21:58 +0000

There’s something to be said about focus. The people we really admire for their skill aren’t afraid to unbalance their life and get really deeply into something. There’s also something to be said about generalists who can draw connections between different fields and people who can take advantage of a wide range of interests in order to connect with far more people. =)

I think students should develop both depth and breadth. We need to be deeply enough into something in order to distinguish ourselves, but we also need to explore all sorts of opportunities in order to get a better idea of what we want to do in life. Or, well, at least that’s what I think as a student… It’s worked pretty well for me so far!

By: Shahan K

Shahan K — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:11:16 +0000

I’ve also heard the line that doing something for 10 years makes you an expert. I don’t believe it’s true, I believe actual experience counts for a heck of a lot. I’ve played squash for 15 years and I’ve beaten people who are way more fit and I’ve also been beaten into the ground by 14 year olds who have racquets almost as big as they are (at least I’m old enough to make to the bar after the game).

By: Olivier

Olivier — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:27:46 +0000

Although when Damian said that it did light up a bulb, your comment really says it all. I still think that although dedication and determination are essential to become really good, one must not forget about all the other stuff… Be it to let the subconscious work on it (the “Eureka” factor), or to have a bigger picture of it all (therefore better approach) or better yet; motivation. Life cannot be lived in a single dimension, results would come about way slower… Why use a one headed TM when you can use one with 2?

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:56:02 +0000

Unfortunately years of destroying my wrists on the keyboard has made me one awfully poor frisbee thrower …

By: Brian Hayes

Brian Hayes — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:29:45 +0000

Sometime in the 1970s Ivan Sutherland told me exactly the same thing: He always wrote at least a little code, every day. He showed me the program he’d been working on that morning, on a flight from Utah to New York. This was in the days before laptops. For that matter, it was before desktops. He was coding on a legal pad.

By: Bill Mill

Bill Mill — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:23:13 +0000

When I link to ultimate (fairly frequently) I tend to use ultimate handbook, since the UPA's site is pretty intimidating to beginners. I don't think I knew you were an ultimate fan before. Did/do you play?

By: Geofrey Flores

Geofrey Flores — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 18:56:59 +0000

All I can utter after the talk was along the lines of Conway having a twisted and sick mind. I’ve never imagined anyone being so masochistic although it encouraged me to take latin and ask girls for their zodiac signs. Maybe I should start programming in Mueller’s brainf*ck from now on…

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